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North  China  Mission 


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Methodist  Episcopal  Church 


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China  Mission 


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METHODIST 


MISSION  ROOMS 
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NEW  YORK  CITY 


EPISCOPAL 

CHURCH 

1905 


GOD  GAVE  THE  INCREASE 


church  re- 
ports a net  in- 
crease for  the 
year  of  two  hun- 
dred per  cent. 
One  district  was  blessed  with 
a net  increase  in  members  of 
thirty-nine  per  cent. 

The  entire  Conference  shows 
a net  increase  in  members  and 
probationers  of  twenty  - four 
per  cent. 

The  medical  work  passed  all 
previous  records  in  the  number 
of  treatments  in  the  hospitals 
and  dispensaries. 

All  the  schools  are  crowded,  while  the  demand  for  Christian  educa- 
tion is  growing,  especially  for  instruction  in  English. 

In  no  point  have  there  been  greater  gains  than  in  the  contributions  of  the 
church  toward  the  support  of  their  pastors  and  their  schools. 

The  most  cheering  gain  is  shown  in  the  number  of  students  in  the 
University  who  have  during  the  year  pledged  to  give  their  lives  to  Christian 
work  among  their  own  people. 


TN  a new  day  school  in  Tientsin  one  little  girl  came  regularly,  but  refused  to  study, 
though  she  listened  attentively  to  the  others.  On  inquiry,  it  was  found  that  her 
grandfather,  who  is  a Christian,  sent  her  to  school  ; but  her  mother,  who  is  not  a Christian, 
promised  to  beat  her  if  she  studied.  Later  the  mother  attended  a women’s  meeting  and 
was  ashamed  because  she  was  the  only  woman  present  who  could  not  read.  She  is  now 
learning  to  read,  is  an  inquirer,  and  urges  her  daughter  to  study. 


THE  LABORERS  ARE  FEW 


HE  six  districts  of  North  China  Conference  contain  more 
people  than  do  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  combined. 

The  smallest  of  the  districts  contains  more  people  than 
there  are  North  American  Indians  from  the  Rio  Grande 
River  to  the  Arctic  Sea. 


The  largest  district  is  larger  than  Iowa  and  Illinois  together,  and  has  more 
inhabitants  than  the  whole  of  the  Japanese  Empire. 

The  ordained  ministers  of  the  Conference  number  thirteen  foreigners  and 
twenty -two  Chinese. 

Of  these,  five  foreigners  and  three  Chinese  give  nearly  all  their  time  to 
educational  work,  leaving  twenty-seven  ordained  men  for  the  direct  evan- 
gelistic work. 

This  represents  one  ordained  man  for  every  five  million  people  within  the 
Conference  limits. 


Thank  God  there  are 


other  Missions  than  our  own  at  work  in  North  China ! 


A STREET  RESTAURANT.  TIENTSIN 


THE  FIELDS  ARE  WHITE 


OUTSIDE  THE  WALL  OF  A SHANTUNG  CITY 


jHE  story  of  the  Welsh  revival  has  moved  the  church  to  much 
prayer.  From  this  many  revivals  have  begun. 

The  missionaries  traveling  in  Shantung,  where  Boxerism 
originated,  find  the  people  kindly  disposed,  and  many  in- 
terested in  Christianity. 

Probably  more  than  half  a million  people  make  the  annual  pilgrimage  to 
T’ai  Shan,  the  great  sacred  mountain.  Our  mission  at  T’aian-fu  has  the 
opportunity  to  influence  this  representative  and  interested  host. 

The  interest  in  Christianity  deepens.  One  group  of  twelve  appointments 
sold  over  twenty  thousand  copies  of  the  Bible  and  Bible  portions,  as  well 
as  $200  worth  of  other  Christian  books. 


Everywhere  throughout  the  Conference  the  street  chapels  are  filled  with 
attentive  listeners.  The  chapels  are  open  from  two  to  five  hours  a day,  and 
nearly  five  thousand  people  a day  listen  to  the  preaching. 


THE  FIELDS  ARE  WHITE 


VERY  sign  points  to  more  cause  for  encouragement  than  in 
any  year  since  1 900. 

Many  appeals  come  for  preaching  places  to  be  opened 
in  unoccupied  cities  and  towns. 

Training  classes  for  members,  in  which  the  Bible  and 
Christian  doctrine  are  taught,  are  in  demand. 

At  Feich’eng,  Shantung,  the  missionaries  found  men  in  the  meeting  who 
had  walked  twenty  miles  to  attend  the  service,  and  who  returned  to  their 
homes  the  same  day. 

In  a difficult  section  of  the  city  of  Tientsin  a Christian  man  invited  friends 
to  his  home  to  hear  the  Gospel.  They  became  interested  and  invited  others 
In  a short  time  it  was  necessary  to  rent  a special  building  for  these  meetings, 
which  were  held  nightly. 


* I 'HE  small  son  of  Dr.  Gloss’s  hospital  assistant  had  observed  that  a patient  can  cause 
much  family  trouble  by  swallowing  a liberal  dose  of  opium.  Being  reproved  one  day 
for  running  away,  he  triumphantly  said  to  his  mother  : “ I shall  tsike  opium  and  die,  and 
then  you  will  have  to  buy  me  a coffin.” 


THE  DRUM  TOWER  CH’ANGLI 


PRAY  YE  THEREFORE 


STIMATES 

have  been 
made  for  the 
following  new 
workers : A 
physician  for  Tientsin,  two 
evangelists,  and  five  Woman’s 
Society  missionaries. 

A resolution  was  passed  in 
Conference  to  urgently  appeal 
for  a doubling  of  the  present 
evangelistic  force  at  once. 

The  following  are  some  of 
the  immediate  needs  unpro- 
vided for : Three  Chinese  preachers  at  $ 1 00  a year.  Six  Chinese  preach- 
ers at  $120  a year.  One  preacher  at  $180  a year.  $100  a year  for 
each  of  two  training  schools  for  Chinese  lay  helpers. 

For  a good  street  chapel  property  in  the  metropolis  of  North  China, 


IN  THE  GREAT  BRASS  TEMPLE.  T*AIAN-FO 


$5,000. 


For  properties  in  three  walled  cities  in  Shantung,  $ 1 ,000  each. 

For  new  properties  in  five  large,  unoccupied  market  towns,  $250 
each. 


For  new  properties  in  four  other  large  market  towns,  yet  unoccupied, 
from  $300  to  $500  each. 


TN  the  revival  meetings  at  Fengjun  a man  received  a great  blessing.  He  immediately  sought 
his  wife  and  mother  in  the  congregation,  telling  them  of  his  joy  and  praying  with  and  for 
them.  Such  an  act  was  contrary  to  all  Chinese  ideas  of  propriety,  but  was  a triumph  of  grace. 


PRAY  YE  THEREFORE 


N addition  to  the 
foregoing  there  is 
especial  need  for: 

$5,000  to  build 
a hospital  for  men 
in  T’aian-fu,  and  from  $ 1 00  to 
$500  to  build  chapels,  or  par- 
sonages, or  to  adapt  old  Chinese 
buildings  for  chapel  purposes  in 
each  of  seven  cities. 


The  educational  work  suffers  greatly  from  lack  of  equipment.  Among 
the  most  pressing  needs  are : 

$500  for  land  for  the  Lan-chou  School,  and  $1 ,000  for  buildings. 

The  Peking  Girls’  Scliool : $ 1 00  for  each  of  fifty  memorial  dormitory 
rooms,  and  $6,000  to  raise  the  debt  on  the  new  school  buildings. 

Peking  University  needs : 
$30,000  for  a collegiate  building. 

$40,000  for  a library  and  ad- 
ministration building. 

$30,000  for  a foreign  professor- 
ship. 

$15,000  for  Chinese  professor- 
ships. 

$ 1 00  for  each  of  one  hundred 
perpetual  scholarships. 

$30  for  each  of  one  hundred 
annual  scholarships. 


HEAL  THE  SICK 


WO  new  wom- 
en’s hospitals 
are  being  erec- 
ted at  Peking 
and  at  T’aian- 
fu,  and  a men’s  hospital  at 
Ch’angli  is  nearly  completed. 

The  physicians  of  the  Mis- 
sion gave  on  an  average  about 
ten  thousand  treatments  each 
during  the  Conference  year. 
Hospital  patients  are  not  al- 

AT‘AJAN-FU  WIDOW'S  HAT.  GIVEN  BY  THE  EMPEROR  * * 

roR  REMAINING  A WIDOW  FiETY  YEARS  grateful.  A Mohammo- 

dan  woman  was  housed,  fed,  clothed,  and  treated  free  for  three  months.  When 
dismissed,  cured,  she  left  in  a rage  because  this  charity  was  not  permanent. 

A boy  with  an  unsightly  harelip  and  cleft  palate  was  so  improved  by  an 
operation  that  his  parents  were  able  at  once  to  purchase  him  a wife.  Soon 
three  others  came  from  the  same  neighborhood,  about  fifty  miles  distant,  and 
said  there  were  still  others  who  would  come  if  they  were  cured. 

A man  was  brought  to  the  Ch’angli  hospital  suffering  acutely  from  several 
ailments  which  made  him  a hopeless  cripple.  His  pain  had  not  been 
lessened  by  the  two  hundred  punctures  along  the  spine  which  a Chinese 
doctor  had  made  with  a large  needle.  After  remaining  in  the  hospital 
several  weeks  he  was  relieved  of  much  suffering  and  went  back  to  his  village 
rejoicing  and  witnessing  to  the  greater  healing  which  had  come  to  his  soul. 

A MONGOL  prince  and  his  wife,  who  is  a sister  to  the  famous  Prince  Su,  visited  the 
Peking  Girls’  School.  They  support  a school  of  sixty  girls  in  Mongolia,  and  were 
gathering  suggestions  from  schools  conducted  according  to  Western  ideas.  They  brought  ten 
nicely  uniformed  and  well-behaved  Mongolian  girls  with  them  to  get  their  “eyes  opened." 


THE  OPPRESSED  GO  FREE 


WOMEN’S  TRAINING  SCHOOL,  TIENTSIN 


HE  wives  of  six  teachers  and  preachers  on  the  Lan-chou 
District  have  unbound  their  feet. 

One  Training  School  woman  after  unbinding  her  feet 
said : “ I never  was  free  until  now.  Think  of  my  more 
than  forty  years  of  bondage  ! ” 

Nearly  all  the  women  who  came  to  the  Women’s  Training  Schools  with 
bound  feet  unbound  them  during  the  year. 

“Do  you  know  how  to  play  tennis?”  I asked  my  teacher,  Mrs.  Wen. 
“ O,  no,”  she  said.  “ Girls  in  China  are  taught  that  it  is  not  ladylike  to  play 
games.”  “ But  what  do  they  do  for  amusement  ? ” I asked.  “ They  may 
dress  up  and  sit  with  their  hands  folded,  or  they  may  do  beautiful  embroidery, 
or  they  may  talk  with  their  friends.  But  even  if  it  were  proper  for  them, 
how  could  they  run  and  play  games  with  their  little  bound  feet  ? ” 

All  the  girls  in  the  Girls’  School  unbind  their  feet.  TTiis  is  one  of  the 
conditions  of  entrance. 


WISDOM  AND  KNOWLEDGE  SHALL  BE 


HE  new  preparatory  school  building,  Pilcher  Hall,  of 
Peking  University  is  nearly  completed. 

The  University  printing  press  has  been  reopened. 

Two  hundred  and  sixty-eight  students  were  enrolled  in 
Peking  University  this  year.  This  is  a gain  of  twenty  over 
the  enrollment  of  last  year. 

Military  dnll  continues  to  be  popular  among  the  students,  and  there  is  a 
growing  interest  in  athletics.  A competitive  field  day  was  held  with  the 
North  China  College  of  T’ung-chou. 

The  Medical  Department  of  Peking  University  plans  to  unite  with  the 
proposed  Medical  College  of  the  North  China  Educational  Union,  to  form 
the  Union  Medical  College  of  Peking. 

The  Imperial  University  at  Peking  has  copied  the  entire  college  curriculum 
of  Peking  University,  with  the  exception  of  some  of  the  Chinese  studies. 

Speaking  of  Peking  University,  Sir  Robert  Hart  said : “ Dr.  Lowry  is 
fitting  young  men  for  service  in  China.  His  work  will  outlast  ours.” 


OLD  TEMPLE  USED  FOR  PEKING  UNIVERSITY  CHAPEL 


THE  STABILITY  OF  THY  TIMES 


PEKING  UNIVERSITY  STUDENTS  AT  DRILL 


N the  four  Intermediate  Schools  which  are  under  the  direction 
of  alumni  of  Peking  University  there  are  two  hundred  and 
seventeen  pupils. 

Dr.  Wang,  a former  student,  contributes  $100  a year 
to  the  support  of  students  in  Peking  University. 

Of  the  thirty-three  graduates  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  of  Peking 
University,  twenty-two  are  engaged  in  Christian  work,  while  eight  others 
have  given  several  years  of  servrce  to  the  church. 

The  University  revrval  of  the  sprtng  of  1904,  which  resulted  in  the 
formation  of  the  “ Volunteer  Band,”  is  one  of  the  most  encouraging  points  of 
progress  in  the  work  of  the  Mission  for  this  year. 

It  is  the  aim  of  Peking  University  to  prepare  students  for  whatever  pro- 
fession they  may  choose,  and  at  the  same  time  to  surround  them  with  such 
a religious  atmosphere  that  many  of  them  will  choose  to  devote  their  lives  to 
the  work  of  the  church. 


INURING  a revival  meeting  a widow  was  much  distressed  for  her  son.  The  church 
prayed  for  him  repeatedly.  Members  went  on  several  occasions  to  his  home,  but  he 
could  never  be  found.  During  the  last  meeting  but  one  he  suddenly  appeared  in  the  room, 
confessed  his  sin,  and  asked  for  prayers.  He  was  soon  happy,  and  the  mother  and  friends 
were  praising  God. 


THEREFORE  GET  WISDOM 


STANDARD  BEARERS'*  OF  THE  PEKING 
GIRLS'  SCHOOL 


Peking  Girls’ 
School  has  had  over 
two  hundred  stu- 
dents in  attendance 
this  year. 

In  response  to  a demand  an 
Anglo  - Chinese  school  for  the 
daughters  of  the  gentry  and  of 
wealthy  Chinese  is  to  be  established 
in  Tientsin.  It  is  expected  that  this 
school  will  be  self-supporting. 

Of  the  eight  girls  who  graduated  last  year  from  the  Peking  Girls’  School, 
one  has  become  the  wife  of  a preacher,  one  is  to  study  medicine,  two  are 
teaching  in  schools  for  women,  three  teach  in  day  schools,  and  one  teaches 
in  the  Girls’  School. 

Our  mission  schools  are  crowded,  although  the  government  schools  are 
seeking  students  and  pay  them  for  attending. 

Two  hundred  and  seventy- 
seven  pupils  were  registered 
in  the  five  Intermediate 
Schools.  A large  number  are 
from  non-Christian  families. 

Eighty  women  attended 
the  four  Women’s  Training 
Schools. 

The  number  of  day  schools 
is  limited  only  by  the  availa- 
ble funds  and  the  satisfactory 

teachers  to  be  found.  ^ Tientsin  girls'  day  school 


CONSECRATED  UNTO  THE  LORD 


STUDENT  revival  in  Peking  University  last  year  resulted 
in  the  formation  of  a “Volunteer  Band. 

The  devotion  and  interest  of  this  group  has  grown  during 
the  year.  Now  there  are  sixty-three  in  this  Band. 

A student  summer  campaign  of  evangelism  was  organized, 
through  which  many  of  the  boys  spent  last  summer  helping  pastors  through- 
out the  Conference.  Nearly 
sixty  spent  the  summer  of 
1905  in  this  campaign. 

Through  the  National 
Young  Men’s  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  China  two  of  these 
Volunteers  will  spend  part  of 
next  year  traveling  in  the  in- 
terest of  what  might  be  called 
the  Chinese  Student  Volun- 
teer Movement  for  Home 
Missions. 

The  Volunteers  at  Peking 
University  have  not  made  a 
declaration,  but  have  taken 
this  vow:  “We  give  our 
bodies  and  our  souls  to  God. 

Whatever  he  commands  us  we  will  obey.  If  we  fall  into  sin,  we  pray  him 
to  recall  us.  If  we  break  our  solemn  vow,  we  pray  God  to  visit  punishment 
upon  us.” 

I ^WO  children  of  the  T’aian-fu  day  school  were  beaten  when  they  confessed  to  having 
allowed  Miss  Steere  to  take  their  pictures.  To  quiet  the  fears  of  the  parents,  Mrs.  Li 
told  them  that  the  sacred  mountain  had  had  its  picture  taken  many  times  and  was  still  intact. 
This  reasoning  assured  them  that  their  children  were  in  no  danger. 


A MEMORIAL  TABLET  TO  THIRTY-NINE  MARTYRS 
OF  A VILLAGE  CHURCH 


ESTEEM  THEM  FOR  THEIR  WORK 


EKING  UNIVERSITY  has  an  active  Young  Men’s 
Christian  Association. 

The  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  is  organized  in 
all  the  mission  colleges  of  North  China. 

There  is  an  International  Army  Association  with  an 
American  secretary  among  the  Legation  Guards  at  P eking. 

In  Tientsin  there  is  a flourishing  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association,  with 
two  American  secretaries. 

This  Association  has  two  branches,  one  in  the  native  city  for  local  men ; 
and  one  in  the  foreign  settlement,  conducted  chiefly  in  English,  for  young 
Chinese  business  men,  most  of  whom  come  from  the  South. 


WHATSOEVER  THINGS  ARE  TRUE 


WEALTHY 

man  attended 
an  all-day  serv- 
ice to  learn 
what  Christian- 
ity really  meant.  At  the 
close  he  bought  about  $40 
worth  of  Christian  books, 


and  remarked : 


like  your 


religion  because  it  provides  a proper  ‘ Lord  of  the  heart.’  ” 

In  a country  station  in  Shantung  a missionary  asked  the  people  what  he 
had  talked  about  three  months  before  on  his  visit.  Several  people  promptly 
told  him  every  point  in  his  sermon. 

One  poor  Chinaman  felt  the  need  of  Christian  workers  so  much  that  he 
gave  up  his  position  as  mail  carrier  and  became  a colporteur  at  half  his 
former  wages. 

About  thirty  thousand  coolies  have  gone  from  North  China  to  work  in 
the  mines  of  South  Afnca.  They  go  on  a three-years’  contract.  Among 
them  are  many  members  of  the  Methodist  and  other  churches. 

For  building  the  new  church  at  T’aian-fu  the  members  contributed  about 
$ 1 00,  some  of  them  giving  a month’s  salary.  This  church  also  supports  an 
assistant  pastor  for  work  on  the  circuit  and  in  the  street  chapel. 

The  Intermediate  School  at 
Lan-chou  has  a campus  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet  square.  On  this 
are  dormitories  for  fifty  boys,  a 
schoolhouse,  the  home  of  the 
head  teacher,  a donkey  stable. 


and 


a pigpen. 


MISSION  DIRECTORY 


Benn,  Rachel  R.,  M.D.,  T’aian-fu,  Shan- 
tung 

Brown,  Rev.  Frederick,  Tientsin 
Brown,  Mrs.  Frederick,  England 
Davis,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  George  L.,  Ch’angli 
Davis,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  George  R.,  Peking 
Ensign,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.,  T’aian- 
fu.  Shantung 

Gamewell,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Frank  D.,  1 50 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 
Gibb,  J.  MacGregor,  Jr.,  Peking 
Gilman,  Gertrude,  Peking 
Gloss,  Anna  D.,  M.D.,  Peking 
Glover,  Ella  E.,  Ch’angli 
Hanson,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Perry  O.,  T’aian- 
fu,  Shantung 

Headland,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Isaac  T.,  Peking 
Hobart,  Rev.  William  T.,  Tientsin 
Hobart,  Mrs.  William  T.,  Evanston,  Illi- 
nois 

Hopkins,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Nehemiah  S.,  Peking 
Jewell,  Mrs.  Charlotte  M.,  Peking 
Keeler,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  H.,  Ch’angli 
King,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Henry  E.,  Peking 


ON  THE  CITY  WALL.  PEKING 


BOMBAY,  A WARHORSE  FROM  INDIA  NOW 
SERVING  THE  W.  F.  M.  S.  IN  T'AIAN-FU 

Koons,  Sue  L.,  M.D.,  T’siian-fu,  Shantung 
Krause,  Oliver  J.,  Tientsin 
Lowry,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  George  D.  N.,  Peking 
Lowry,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Hiram  H.,  Peking 
Martin,  Emma  E.,  M.D.,  Otterbein,  Indiana 
Martin,  Lizzie  E.,  Otterbein,  Indiana 
McHose,  Lottie  M.,  Tientsin 
Pyke,  Rev.  James  H.,  Ch’angli 
Pyke,  Mrs.  James  H.,  Greencastle,  Indiana 
St.  John,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Burton,  Tientsin 
Steere,  Anna  E.,  T’aian-fu 
Stevenson,  M.  Ida,  M.D.,  Tientsin 
Terrell,  Alice  M.,  Peking 
Terry,  Edna  G.,  M.D.,  Ch’angli 
Verity,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  George  W., T’aian-fu 
Walker,  Rev.  Wilbur  F.,  Peking 
Walker,  Mrs.  Wilbur  F.,  Greencastle,  In- 
diana 

Wheeler,  Maude  S.,  Peking 
Wilson,  Frances  O.,  Tientsin 
Young,  Efile  G.,  Peking 


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